Naomi Valaska (Houdek) Frana was born Aug. 23, 1925, the daughter of Frederick and Margaret (Meyer) Houdek, in Fort Atkinson. Naomi attended Catholic School in Calmar and graduated from Calmar High School in 1943. After high school, Naomi worked for the FBI in Washington, D.C. for one year. She returned home and married Richard Frana Sept. 6, 1944, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Calmar and they were married for almost 70 years. Naomi was an excellent housekeeper, a wonderful cook, a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She enjoyed traveling, hosting large family dinners, volunteering at the Winneshiek Medical Center and participating in the neighborhood ladies club. Naomi particularly enjoyed spring, especially watching the newborn animals. She took great enjoyment in watching and caring for the birds that inhabited her yard, and in caring for her farm cats that loved and trusted only her. For all of her life Naomi was a woman of strong and unwavering faith, and was devoted to the rosary, which she prayed daily. She showered her entire family with her constant love. Naomi was a member of St. Aloysius Catholic Church, the Rosary Society and the Catholic Daughters of America.